My campaign slogan for the presidential election against John McCain is simple. ‘Like Bush? Vote McCain. He’s like Bush.” That slogan is so hot that I hear John McCain’s staff is furious and don’t want President Bush to campaign for McCain before the election. ‘Like Bush? Vote McCain. He’s like Bush.’ I say it over … Read More »
I have two Marks against me
There are two Marks in my political life, and, from what I can tell, they both hate me. The first is Mark Penn who works for Hillary Clinton. He’s one of two attack dogs on Hillary’s campaign staff. If Terry McAuliffe isn’t available to beat up on me, they send in Mark. Today he complained … Read More »
The many faces of Hillary
For a chubby, wrinkled white woman, Hillary Clinton is the ultimate moving target with all the deft and cunning of cornered mountain lion. Either that, or she suffers from some kind of political multiple personality disorder. I suspect it happens frequently to rich white women who move to Arkansas. We’re never sure which Hillary will … Read More »
Clinton-Obama? I don’t think so.
Hillary Clinton scares me. People think that just because I’m an African-American man that I’m tough and strong and street smart. People just don’t pay attention to the details. I was raised by my white mother and went to private schools. How African-American is that? Is it any wonder that Bill Clinton has a reputation … Read More »
Moving the goal posts
I don’t really know much about football but David Plouffe came up with a good analogy on how the Clintonians keep changing the objectives, which changes expectations. These are lessons that will be taught in college course on politics for generations. Before the Iowa caucuses, the Clinton campaign said they would march through the primary … Read More »
Obamamentum and Obamamania
Who says Americans cannot be stirred up by a speech? For the most part, I’m still using parts of the same anti-war speech I gave back in 2002 when I first came out against the war in Iraq. Talk about good gas mileage. That speech and what it does to Americans is nothing short of … Read More »